Chelsea substitutes Eden Hazard and Willian struck late on to secure Chelsea a 3-1 victory at Carrow Road.

Anthony Pilkington had pulled Norwich level after Oscar’s early opener, but Hazard and Willian came off the bench to wrap up the points and move the Londoners up to third in the Premier League table.

Brazilian Oscar’s first-time finish after a lay-off from the returning Demba Ba had put the Blues ahead after just four minutes.

Jose Mourinho brought in Ba to replace the suspended Fernando Torres and the Senegalese striker almost doubled the Blues advantage with a left-footed effort, only to be denied by a fine stop from John Ruddy.

Norwich took their time to get into the game but eventually got going and nearly levelled when a great cross from Robert Snodgrass was turned goalwards by Jonny Howson at the near post, but Petr Cech made a fine save.

Ba missed another good chance to make it 2-0 in the first minute of the second half, just failing to turn home Ramires’ low cross at the near post.

The Canaries responded immediately and felt they should have had a penalty when Pilkington went down under the challenge of Ramires, but the appeals were waved away.